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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-08
NEWS IN BRIEF,

4 bill 10 provide for an elevated railroad
in Philadelphia wRs killed in the Leeisla.
ture.
Philip W. Ryan. OF Spring City, Pa, Was
killed by o., ". Il B. freight train In
I.oveland, o.
-Four Children Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Meyer, OF Terre Hsute, died OF scarlet
fever within twenty.iour hours.
Hon. Edward Cross, OF Little Rock, Ark.
cx-Federal Judge and ex.member Of Con.
Gress, is dead, AGED eighty-nine.
Speaker CArlis!e's clerk is authority for
the statement that the contest OF the
Speakers scat has been abandoned.
The current number Of the Railroad
Ga:,its Sims up February accidents at 1872,
with 55 persons killed and l06 wounded.
The bark Eldorado, with coal, from
Seattle, W. T., for San Francisco, WINS lost
oil Cape Flattery with nll OF her crew but
two.
Wm. Henry, alias Cunningham, a con.
victetl burglar In New York, has been
identified as Bull Jenninge, MI Ohio man,
and one OF tho Cleverest crooks in tho
country.
The Ohio Wool Growers Association, in
session ut Columbus, appointed n commit.
too to prepare such tariff schedule 40 tho
wool growers desire, which is 10 be pub.
lished throughout tho State.
George Skidmorc, q noted English cri.
minal, wanted in London, arrested in Chi.
cago, started in charge OF detectivca, vim
the Grand Trunk Railway, for Nav York.
where no had aeroed to 20 TO fight extra.
dition. AtSarnia, Canada, lle wNs handed
over to tho Dominion authorities.
The administrator Of tho estate of Wm
+. WatkinH, hanged Tor murder by moi
at Aurora, Ind, sued several men con-.
cerned IN tho lynching for SlOOOO dam.
avcs. The defense alleges justification and
Ehys that"Wa!kins' whole natural liie wal
forfeited and due to tho State Of Indiana
ana no other person under heaven cxcep,
INC State had any legal estate, iuterest
right or titlo in or to tho same, and IN,
same was no pecuniary value In law to hi
vile or children"
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RAILWAY MURDER MYSTERY,
Brooklyn Bnrber's C0nfessIun-The Girl M
var I.tnntiU.,t

brooklyn Barber's COnfesslon-The Girl not
yet Identified.
New YORK. April IA man gave him
self up to the Brooklyn police Just before
noon to-day, on his own statement that no
was the murderer OF tho unknown dead
girl OF Railway, N. J. Tie mans name is
]. ]. Flsth. He is barber snd strange,
in Brooklyn.
The companions OF the man in the eohop
say he has acted qeeerly ever since wss
employed, and kept repeatedly muttering:
Poor girl, it was hard, very hard; but she
brought it on herself"
No one seems to know anything about
the man, and whence he came is q mys.
terry. He is held pending On investigation,
RAILWAY, n. j., april 7.-Fhers has
been no Identification to-day OF the body
Of the girl murdered here.
Mrs. shubert, Of Lancaster, Pa, came
hore TO see the body, but she is confident
that it is not that OF her daughter Ida, who
is reported to be missing.
The Hass family, who believe the mur.
dered girl lying in the morgue here await.
lDg ldentihcation 10 BIZ none other than
the Swedish girl Mary, with whom Mrs.
Hass sailed 10 America OIL tho steanship
Egypt in February last, will visit the
morgue again and endeavor 10 confirm
their belief.
The police Of this city Say that the de.
scription OF the dead girls lover ss given
by Mrs. Haas corresponds with the man
Anthony Knoll. the blood covered man
arrested in Jersey City on March gs.h on
suspicion OF being implicated in the mur.
der, and discharged two days later.
Three richly dressed ladies called at tho
morgue this morning 10 look at The body.
They refused to give their names, but
aaid they had called as a matter OF duty
to see il they could not identity the body
as that ota Miss Chatham, Il Swiss teacher
in Jewish school for Young ladies near
the Central Park in New York, and who
boarded in Newark. Mics Chatham has
been missing for some time. The young
ladies found the features OF the dead yirl
80 much changed that recognition WAS i'm.
possible. Another visit will be uecessnry,
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I,,,i, MIR, Co,nbiun,ion,

JOLIET, ILL.,, april Tho bnrb wire
manufacturers Of the country have per
iected & acheme 10 cloge down large
number Of the plants 10 decrease the out
put, and raise the price. There has been
considerable, uneasiness Of late among
them, and although they have been run
ming th0y claim that tho market is over
gtocsrd and that they are running at
losl. Tho United Barb Wire Company, a
national concern, to which all the manu-
fscture!s belong, prop"sas to lease all the
p!suts they can at s. per ton year on
their licensed tonnage, or Il 30 a year in
the ,onrape shipped in 1896, with one per
cent Of tro value OF the plants adGea ioi
three yesrB, and close them up. 1t is e1'
pec,ei lhet 10 per cent will lease and re-
plira favorable ,o the proposition have
been received from nearly hall OF them
already,
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Two Missing Nss.,,ls.

Ngw ioRE, April AN hope OF The
missing B!oamOr Carmoiia being heard OIL
Ia nov given mp, and her name has been
mlded to the long liat Of those reported at
loet.
A. the Office Of Funck, Elye Il Go. to-
day, it was said that they never expected
10 hear any tiaingn o! hor. They bolievt
that tho C6rinnnH wRs lOat and that waa
aff there waa too It.
Tho Sa!cfno, two weeks Overdue, las
not been heard Of Rncn upokcn by tint
Itlbn, on the eth nl,., and II 10 supposed
that nhs, too, han been alnk. When laB
seen, the Salcrno VIM proceeding cas-
under Hlil with BROKEN propcllor. Hel
Captain reinNed the Itbo'B assistance.
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SYRACUSE, N. y, April AT the spe-
ciaI meeting OF tho Saddlery Hardware
manufacturer Association 0: the United
ststes, held here on Tuesday to sott'e
aucs,ionu Of freight raised by the Inter.
State Commerce bill, plan was agreed
upon whereby manufacturers Rha!l pay
freight NJ far sa the eE,remc points at
which there are competing manufacturers,
and charge for thsir warren tho same phcS
aA such nlsnufacairers'
This means uniform Gchcdule OF prices
Beyond the outlying point0 Of competition
which are Chicago on tho Wcst, Cincn'
nat; and St. I.ouia on the South, and Now
Haven on the Essi, tho buyer pays tho
freight. THU plan will he tried one
month, and a meeting will then be hold to
decide on Ito continuance.
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Rock Island Train Robbery,

MORRIS, ILL.,, April Tho testimony
Of tho convict, William J. Gallagher, was
continued to-day in the SCHWARTZ Watt
murder trial. Gallagher detailed several
purported conversations he had had with
Schwartz in the Cook county jail.
Schwartz was anxious to have Gallaehe
take $1,000 which were in one hundred
dollar BILLS, and have it changed to five
and ten dollar notes, and offered to nav
Gallagher $500 II he would arrange the
matter. Gallagher asked Schwartz il the
money was part Of the proceeds Of the
Rock Island express robbery. Schwartz
declared that it WAS not. He said o Jew
had left a sstcnel on the Rock Island
train and that he had found the money in
this satchel.
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Il CLOSf: Fight


Va INV DhltiCs
DETROIT, April Tho exact igures on
the Prohibition amendment are still uu.
known. Slowly the majority against the
amendment has been cut down, but it il
thought unlikely that it will 20 much
farther. All published reports vary more
or lesa, ranging from $50 to about 5000.
The Evening Journal to-day gave the for
mer figures and Gays: "The prospect OF
its paeanre is now extremely favorable, II
not probable"
Tho Free Press has figures giving m
anti.prohibition majority about twice that
oil tho Journal, and expresses the opinion
that it will remnin thereAbouts. About a
thonHand votes higher, or in the neiehbor.
hood OF 1000 is where the Tribune places
II. From several countcs the reports are
conflicting, in some casea varying 500 to
600 votes, and the official roturns will be
nended TO nettle which ia correct. The
prohibitioniats do not yet concode their
defeat. Al before stated in these dis.
patches, an important factor in the pro.
hihition campaign Was the temperance
element TINT it doubled the effectiveness
Of that measure. There is little doubt
thIt tho amendment was defeated by tenn.
ppranCe voters.
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BRlDaEPoRr, Conn.,, April IA serious
fire occurred in large boarding house on
stste street, kept by Mrs. james Hutch.
inson, about l 80 o'clock this morning, by
which iour persons were badly injured.
The fire was caused by the explosion Of
q kerosene lamp in the kitchen. The
building being wooden structure, the
fire made rapid headway and twas with
great difficulty that the twsnty-.hree in
mates OF the house escaped with their
lives. All were forced to leave in their
night clothes. Patrick Mooney and John
West, boarders, we're severely burned
about the face and limbs. Mrs. Kate
Farley, the cook, and Miss Tillie Hutch
inson jumped from the second-s.ory win.
dow, sustaining severe injuries. The for
mer is thought to be internally injured.
Mrs. Hutchinson's loss is $1,000, uuiu.
sured; loss on building $500, insured S3,-
900. Nothing was saved OF the furniture
or individual effects.
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WILLIAM II. TRAyEl.s, WILL.
The Document Admitted to Irobnte-Prics,
Put On tho Land.

Ths Document Admitted to robnte-Prics,
| Put on tho Lnnd.
New YoIH, April The will of the
late William X. Travers, dated October 20,
1856. was tilod to-day III the Surrogsto'e
oiiice. He orders that any amount due
from his son-in.laws ahall be deducted
from their wives legsciea, hut releases
mortgages in such case TO the children, In
mistake, the name oil daughter, lIarriet
Fearing, was omitted from trust creatpd
by n tcstator now held by Messss. Gwinn
and Kerr, Of Baltimore, Md. The tes,a.
tor therefore gives her $50, 600 absolutely,
to put her on an equality with tho others,
His wife, Maria l.ouisa Travera, and his
son, John Travere, ars appointed execu.
trix and executor. A son-in.law, William
4 Duer, is to be employed in the settle.
ment oil tho estate at a salary. The tep,a.
tor thought his real estate should not be-
sold for fifteen years. Certain estutes
are excepted. The fonkcrs property can
be sold at 81 500 per acre; thu Wills Site
property nj 5000 per acre, md the Ber.
rim Farm property al 5000 per aero.
Any stock that Ii held in the Vi,in Siln
and improvement Company is not TO be
sold under par value.
The testatnrB inteyest in tho firms of
Van Emburg 4 Atterbury and Prince 4
Whitley, brokers, Ia to be ssld and held as
separate iund. To John TrsvorH he ba.
queathed va, 600 acknowledgement $4,000 10
be distributed no directed in private let.
ter o1t OF tho special fund. The remainder
is to be divided equally among his nine
children. The balance OF the estate, both
rcal and personal property, Is brqupathed
to the teatator's wife. The will was nd.
nitted 10 probate.
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The Entering wr,irc.

PHILADELPHIA, April The general
opinion among railroad officials in this
city is that the action Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in tho long and
short haul question concerning the South.
ern railroads will crush the entire meaeure.
Thty argue that this is the most vital
features OF the entire act, and that the
stand taken by The Commission, eyrn
though it be Of temporary nature, Ia tbs
entering wedge, tina, will split the wbpls
10y.
There is not railroad oil sny conss.
quencs IN the entire country" said one
prominent railroad executive officer, TO.
day, that will not make the ssps claim
as that contended for by the Southern
lines, and the justice OF their claim cannot
fail to be recognized. Here is almost the
first act OF the Commission, they arrsy
agHinst them every railroad that has d.
rectly or remotely water route as a COM
pe.itor, and, further than this, they have
taken such a position as will unsettle COM
mercial Affairs Of the country for three
months or more"
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plrrsruEdH, April Three hundred
thousand dollRra in back wages owing
from tho first OF February ia involved in
tho settlement OF the wtyes question Of
the employee OF the Connollaville coke re-
pon now being heard by tho arbitration
board. A strong effort il now being rnade
to have the whole matter settlod before it
passes finally into the hsnda OF the arhi.
trStion board and umpire Jackson. The
employees representatives have decided
on q general advance Of 70 psr cent.
Should this be conceded it will be from
tho first oi February and the employees,
IL, ,0O0 in all, will receive back pay amount.
ing TO 500 600. II they arc granted an
advEncs OF 10 per cent, tho operators will
be compelled according to their agreement
10 pay over 81 ,6O0.ON0.
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Making IL Hot for S,wruuuer..

GARpES Cry. KAN, April Six libel
suits we're filed in the District Cour,
here to-day, claiming, in the aggregate,
$4,000.
George 4. kimbsll and George H.
Reove, comprising the firm Of kimball q
Reeve; y. Bennett and W. S. Smith, com.
prising the firm OF Bennett II Smith, and
A. T.. Masters, each bring auit for $50, ,O0U
damages against Z. J. Talbot and l.. Ii.
Barlow, publishers OF the Democrat, a
weekly paper published at this place.
The same parties also bring suit against
@. +. VI. Niles, Register OF the United
States Land Office Ct thia place. The
plaintiffs are all land attorneys here. They
allege thu. tho publishers wifully and ma.
liciously libelled then. By The publication
Of 81 article stating that they bad been
disiiafred from prsctcins before the
United States Land Office, when such was
not toe Gaze. Tho complaints agains,
Roeister Niles aliege that he procured the
publication.
Niles is from Findlay, O., md Talbot
and Barrow are from Robinson, Ill.
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BAD EFFECT oNruE FLOUR FIELD
The River Rntes Cutting on Shipments b,
Hall Mt the Increased Hate,

The River lsntes' Cutting on Shipments b,
Hall Mt the Increased Hate.
ST. PAUL, April The natural sequence
Of an eighteen.cent flour and grain rate
from Minneapolis to Chicago developed
to-day. The steamer Sydney, which az,
rived at Lacrosse from st. Louis Monday
has contracted for largo shipment O.
flour on her return trip. This will 20 d.
rect to New Orleans where sales Of patents
are reported to have been made at "a 95
The boat rate is understood to be about
thirty cents barrel. At Winons alone
one miller has sold $500 barrels to 20 by
boat to the Gull. rH
No doubt large amount OF flour from
the mills sIo~a the river would be SEM
forward By beat II n,Illers Gould get fail
rate on Whtst. Before tba iast advance in
rates from u to IS cents they bough,
their wheat at Minneapolis, and milled it
in transit. This put them pretty nearly
on an equality with Minneapolis, but under
the new deal they cannot get bushel e1.
cept under higher rate, a rate that is
practically pTohibitory.
As the Minneapolis millers can sLiu
thei. product in transit, which costs them
81 to cents, the Milwaukee Road refuseu
to allow the interior mills to use transi.
from minneapolis, claiming that it is in
the nature Of special rate when used by
:hsm, and would compel the road to make
@ similar rate all along its line.
The only thing left, therefore, for the
millers OF Minnesota, outside OF Aiinneapo.
lis, is to secure low local rate from Min.
nespois and send their product by boat to
New Orleans.
The principal reaaon for there being &c
little -four exported heretofore from New
Orleans is that the railroad companies
have always kept their rates to reasona,
BILE dgut6 and the charge over the river
rate WAS Offset by the saving in time
With an eighteen.cent rate to Chicago
the situation is materially changed.
1t is understood, OF course, that this
eighteen cent rate, like tho entire schedule
to ST. Paul and Minneapolis, is aimply
provisional, the road adopting the severest
construction Of the law in the expectation
that the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will adopt ruling which will permit,
them to charge lower rate for the through
or long haul than for intermediate dis.
| 20 nnuu
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MARrErTA's ANNIVERSARY.
Tho Ninsty.ninth Auniversary Celebrated
festsrday-1hs Coming Event.
Akcidl lLzt,nLch La ILn Inl.III,....-


Yestsriay-1hs Coming Event,
Special Dspaieh 10 the In,tliigener.
MARiRTrA, o., April 1.-The ninety.
ninth anniversary OF the settlement oI
Marietta and the northwest territory wa.
celebrated here today by very interesting
exercises. During the forenoon business
meeting was held at which reports OF oil
working committeea In charge OF the com.
Ing centennial were presented and the
programme Of work for the coming year
was arranged. A public dinner was served
In Armory Hall at noon and was partaken
OF by nearly two thousand. This was the
work OF the ladies OF tho city and country
near by.
The exercisesof the afternoon consisted
Of a public meeting In the city opera
house, and was very largely attended. Nr,
o. +. Sessions, OF Columbus, O., President
OF the State Archaeological and Historical
Society. delivered the principal address.
Speeches were also made by X. NJ. Slim.
Bon, Hon. A.. j.. Warner and DR.. !. W,
Andrews, of this city, and "A. A. Graham,
oi Columbus, and others. The enthusiasm
and interest taken by the vast nssemblage
shows foretaste Of tho great event which
occurs here one year hence. ~
The exercises OF the evening waa rous-
ing campfire by Buell. Post, G. A. X,
Addresses were made by General Il. r.
Dawes, General A. l.. Conger. Mrs. NJ. l..
Battles, Department President Of the W.
X. @. and others.
The proceedings Of the day have clearly
shown that Marietta has shown her enthu-
siasm and purpose to carry out the great
est programme for her one hundredth an.
niversary in April, 1883.
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A CONTROVERSY between Roman Gath
ole p7els.c oi Bishop Kain's standing
and Protestant divine OF DR.. Cunning.
hams position, csnnot fail to be interest
ing and instructive. Conducted as we are
confident that these gentlemen and fellow
townsinaa will cond1ct it, no harm can
be done and much good may como by
directing mems minds to the great funda'
mental lac. that the eoul can find saliva
lion.
As chairman OF the meeting the In.
TnLtGYsrER will have nothing 10 do but
zee that each side has fair hearing.
Thus far onr friends have kept them
sslves within reasonable space, and we
doubt no: it is their intention to mako
each article short and decisive though not
necesrsrilv sharp.
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BosroS, April 7.-Over $500 persona
witnessed tho opening Of the base ball
season on the Boston grounds Today
whom two six inning games were played
by seventeen Of the eighteen men under
contract to the Boston club, assisted by
ono outsider. The men were liber.
ally applauded as they came upon the
field, and nearly all were given handsome
receptions ss they came to the bat for the
first time. Kelly did not seem to to think
it worth while to waste bis en-.
ergies in a scrub game, but
kept q sharp oversight over
the players. Madden carried of the hon.
OTIS Of the dsy. He had good control Of
the ball and watched the bsees well. He
struck out four men in tho six inrinrs.
Conway, on tho contrary, Was hit hard
and often; his delivery WAS somewhat
wild. O'Rouke held Steiner well, and
Higgins made favorable impression ut
second base. The other men appeared TO
good advantage. The club left Boston to.
night for an exhibition tour. They play
in Newark, n. j., tomorrow.
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WHY7THEY REJOICE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA KNIGHTS
w Labor Meet TO Consider Labor Ler,.ln.
; hon hefors the Lsgtsiature-dra Ma.
ter Workman powderiy Glad the Chi.
engo Anarchists Wore Defeated,

HARRISBURG, Pa, April Two hun.
dred knights Of Labor representing eyery
district in Pennsylvania met here This ui.
lefnoon to consider the various Bills relst.
Ing to labor how before tho Legislature,
Inc session this afternoon was secret and
was strictly devoted to organization. Gen.
eral Master Workman Powderly presided
and in calling the convention 10 order,
made an address in which he counseled
wisdom and great carsin the deliberations
and spoke Of the rapid growth Of the
order. He expressed himself as we'll
pleased at the result Of the Chicago cleo.
tion.
Ralph Beaumont, of Washington, and
Secretary Litchman also addressed thu
convention. 1t is understood that tho
Legislators who have introduced labor bl,la
Will DO requested to explain them. Tha
convention will draft memorial IN tho
Legislature embodying It's yiews, and prs. @
sent 1t on Monday. -N r'o
The public meeting In tho Honse NJ
IA vi
representatives tonight VIVA yery laroelv
attended. Mr.. Powderly presided. and
made a speech in which he asserted that
labor had right to be represented hers
6y men 10 lo-k alter It's interests in the
Legislature. He referred to the nonono. @
listlc corporations being represente,i in
legislative halls. and said 1t WAS time the
labor men Of Pennsylvania emulated thu
example Of their brethren in New Jersey
and insist upon the e1 animation Of ali Ia.
Dor bills before they we're passed.
Ho eaid: ave are charged with be,no
anarchists and iavoring measures ths,
tend to Anarchy. As chief Of our or0sni.
zation l can say that Anarchy finds no
abiding place in our midst, but monopolists
to the contrary. No matter '',,iss what
errors We have committed in the
past We have always himed at doing right
We have pursued line Of policy and
lound out things that are right and wrong.
put We have always kept clear OF thiups
that bring odium on our country-ar.
aarchy:" lie reioiced therefore In The de.
leat oi the Anarchist candidates in Chi.
cago,